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Welcome to Chornobyl

Published 22 April 2010

Chornobyl, the site of the world's worst civilian nuclear disaster on April 26, 1986, is now a venue for disaster tourism. For a hefty price, curious visitors can venture into the town of Prypyat, Ukraine. Once home to 50,000 people, this ghost town is now a barren wasteland of concrete housing blocks and abandoned playgrounds.

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by: v.gerrard from: Dublin
April 27, 2010 01:21
I wouldn't fancy doing a tourist visit there...for I'd say it's more the equivalent of 100 x-rays rather than one. Also, I noticed the photographer lean by his elbow on the wall as he was taking a photo...wouldn't that wall have been contaminated with radiation?


PS. I love your website & will be a frequent visitor from now on. It is beautifully laid out & is very informative.
by: Theo from: Montreal
April 27, 2010 15:32
I think the radiation exposure could be much greater than the equivalent of a single x-ray (particularly at the site of the reactor itself) and that the tourists who think its morally acceptable to pay a local "tour guide" to visit the site on a regular basis are ignorant and naive, at best.